Samara Weaving as Olivia and Eugenio Derbez as Antonio in the new Hulu film The Valet. Dan McFadden/Hulu hide caption
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Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven and Matthew Modine as Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things. Netflix hide caption
A cook prepares borsch at a March 2021 event in Kyiv to promote Ukraine's bid for UNESCO to recognize the dish as part of the country's historical heritage. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Technoblade was one of YouTube's most popular Minecraft video creators. Technoblade/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
'Noir Alley' host celebrates cinema's double crosses and doomed characters
Simone Biles poses wearing her bronze medal from balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. President Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biles and 16 others at the White House next week. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
The Simpsons is the longest running show on television. Production workers who make the show say they deserve the same protections as the writers and animators. Courtesy of Disney Media & Entertainment hide caption
'The Simpsons' production workers go union, saying they deserve a place at the table
Aris Servetalis plays a man who inexplicably loses his memory in Apples. Courtesy of Cohen Media Group hide caption
Minions: The Rise of Gru is the latest movie in the Despicable Me film franchise. Universal Pictures hide caption
Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980. Robert Houston/AP hide caption
Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma writes music for Mo Willems' musicals including Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience. A new animated version is on HBO Max. HBO Max hide caption
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù plays Mr. Malcolm, the most desirable bachelor in 1818 London. Ross Ferguson/Bleecker Street hide caption
Ticking down a checklist of qualifications in 'Mr. Malcolm's List'
The villainous Mortimer Freeze, having a whale of a time. Studio MDHR hide caption
If you like to fall asleep to a soundtrack, we have three great recommendations to help you doze away. Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
A sketch of R. Kelly during his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
Our personas at work are not what they used to be. Sarah Gonzales for NPR hide caption
Mat Johnson is the Philip H. Knight Chair of Humanities at the University of Oregon. His previous books include Pym and Loving Day. Courtesy of University of Oregon hide caption
Real life or satire? Novelist Mat Johnson says it can be hard to tell the difference
Left-handed, Elizabeth Cotten turned the guitar so the bass strings were at the bottom, therefore "backwards." She used her thumb to play the melody and her fingers for the low notes. John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell, New York/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution hide caption